If this is right then a very sad day for all rescues

Sadly I heard today that after December we will no longer be able to offer the subsidised nuetering which has been generously provided by the Dogs Trust to help small societies/rescues with the costs of spaying dogs/bitches

I feel very saddened by this

Oh no :( :(
Ebba was spayed with a dogs trust voucher. So instead of the small independant rescue I got her from paying out the £300,. the DT did.
Have their fund raising gone down :(
Lea.

That is very sad. I guess it is a loss to those dogs and people who genuinely need assistance.

It is like the PDSA in our area, ( slightly off topic)  I have found it to be incredible the people who think it is their entitlement to have coveage even before buying a puppy. A couple contacted me once for a puppy and asked if they were accepted onto the list when the puppy was 8 weeks old could take it to have the £25 health check for their insurance and if it failed could they bring it back.  My speechless and shocked reaction was to ask what the heck they were talking about.  They shared the same vet as I. He would do the puppy health check so what was this thing they were talking about. I certainly hadn't heard of it.

I called my vet that day to ask what this was all about and he said it wasn't insurance but PSDA means tested coverage.  I was speechless to be honest that the couple where buying a puppy ( not mine I can assure you) but only if it passed the test so they got their vet fees paid.  What is the country coming to.

Regardless if anyone thinks this is OK, I called them and told them I thought it was shocking the terms they were buying the puppy under. They were suprised and said they had done it with their last 3 dogs...  :rolleyes:  Jesus is all I could think.

This is very sad but they obviously rely alot on donations etc. The problem is that as a result there will be alot more unwanted litters unless the price of spaying is brought down by the vets and i don't see this happening anytime soon!

Surely if people can't afford to neuter they do not have to allow their animals to get in whelp.  Many many people own entire animals and never have a problem with accidental litters.  Even if an accident occurs there are steps that can be taken to prevent a litter.

Spaying is only the cost of a few pairs of designer must ahve trainers.

If it's true then it is a real shame, the vets I work at does about 20 DogsTrust/council voucher neuters every week...hope it's just a rumour :(

No it is from a trusted source who is involved with rescue :)

It is such a shame that they can no longer support smaller rescues :(

Their website still says they are running their neutering schemes

http://www.dogstrust.org.uk/wayswehelp/campaigns/endingthestraydogproblem/whoweworkwith/

It will be a blow if this does indeed change :(

I found this link which appears to confirm it:

http://www1.freewebs.com/manytearsrescue/dogslookingforhomes.htm

A vet near us does spay and neutering at a really cheap price and from what I've heard the dogs are really well looked after.  Even the vaccinations are half the price of other local vets!